Dendrocalamus khoonmengii

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; drooping at the tip; 1000–1300 cm long; 30–40 mm diam.; woody; without nodal roots. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 35–50 cm long; mid-green; distally pruinose. Culm-nodes flush with internodes. Lateral branches dendroid; arising from mid culm. Branch complement several; with 1 branch dominant. Culm-sheaths deciduous; 15–25 cm long; 2 times as long as wide; coriaceous; green, or brown, or red; hispid; with black hairs; convex at apex; auriculate; with acute auricles; with 10–15 mm high auricles; with 2–7 mm wide auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with straight hairs; shoulders with 7–20 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 5 mm high; ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; spreading, or reflexed; 15–20 cm long; 20 mm wide; glabrous on surface. Leaves 5–10 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 2–3 cm long. Leaf-sheath oral hairs scanty; curly; 2–3.5 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.1–0.3 mm long; erose. Leaf-blade base without a false petiole, or with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.05–0.1 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 5–12 cm long; 4–12 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 4–8 secondary veins. Leaf-blade surface pubescent; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: Indo-China.

NOTES Bambuseae. Sung & Teera 2009.

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